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83/100
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3/5
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84% positive2,155 reviews
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Verified
Runs on
Windows
Price
US$19.99

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2025 · Hungry Couch Games · Strategy · Indie

Drill Core

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Released
17 July 2025
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 5Windows
Genres
StrategyIndie
Developers
Hungry Couch Games
Publishers
tinyBuild
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Science fictionSandbox
Engine
GameMaker
Age ratings
PEGI 7ESRB E10+
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain), Ukrainian
Features
Family SharingFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam CloudSteam achievementsSteam leaderboards
Time to beat
18hmain story19hcompletionist
›Story

As a Platform Manager at DrillCore, you'll oversee a dedicated team of miners, carriers, and guards. Your mission? Navigate them through perilous missions to extract vital minerals and power our drill platform. Every strategic decision will test your planning and resource management skills. You’ll report directly to your Sector Manager, he will make sure you keep the operation running smoothly, whatever the pressure you’re under.

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Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
WindowsEarly Access12 September 2024Worldwide · Worldwide 17 July 2025
PlayStation 528 April 2026Worldwide
Nintendo Switch28 April 2026Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Downloadable content
Drill Core: The Machine World

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